I've been trying to make games since the age of 10. I tried on a lot of different occasions, and it got me into programming.Now I'm working as webdeveloper, with languages as Ruby, Elixir and Coffeescript.

Since a year I'm trying to make a game again, using HTML 5 technologies. The goal is a SNES era like 2D sidescrolling shooter, playable with keyboard/gamepad. It should feel a bit nostalgic '80s style, but mixed with modern game design. I want the game to be directly playable in browsers. At the moment it is not playable on tablets/phones because I'm not sure what the best approach could be for touch controls. I'm also trying to make the game one seamless experience, without any loading screens, so each stage is going seamless into the next.

I notice the problem I'm struggling with the most is game design. What makes the game fun? a lot of time it is tweaking numbers. I try to learn a lot from good gamasutra articles (about level design, enemy design, bossfight design) but most of them are not really focused on the Shmup genre.

I hope in joining this forum that I meet more people that could help test my game and give good advice/pointers ideas for game design!

Hello everyone! My name is Jamarr, i'm a entry level game developer. I have been working with unity for about 3 years now. I am trying to make my first shmup with two of my friends. I hope to be active here and learn from you all as this page has already been very helpful to me!

fello dear firends how u doing ? i am new here grettings everyone!!! hopefulyl we're gonna become friends and hopefully some can help me learn. i have difficulties learning since was put on ansomone. but i truly hope that this isn't going to be a big problem for you people and that's why i want someone to help me learn faster.

Hello everyone! My name is Michael and I'm a complete noob developer. I'm a writer by trade and that doesn't lend itself too well to development so I'm trying to learn programming to bridge the gap. At the age of 36, it feels like my brain is cramping!

I've lurked here over the years but I think it's time that I actually stop hugging the shadows. Hope I can make some friends here who are also passionate about shmups. I love them. But I suck.